James W. Nye

James Warren Nye (10 June 1815-25 December 1876) was a US Senator from Nevada (R) from 1 February 1865 to 3 March 1873, preceding John P. Jones.

Biography
James Warren Nye was born in DeRuyter, New York in 1815, and he became a lawyer in Madison County. He served as district attorney in 1839 and as judge of Madison County from 1840 to 1848, and he served as President of the Metropolitan Board of Police from 1857 to 1860. In 1861, he was selected as the territorial governor of Nevada, and he went on to serve as one of its inaugural US Senators from 1865 to 1873. He died in White Plains, New York in 1876.